David Cameron has been rated one of the worst performing post-war prime ministers in a poll of academics specialising in British politics and contemporary British history.

Professor Kevin Theakston conducted a poll of academics specialising in British politics and contemporary British history for their opinions of post-war prime ministers.

Concluding that David Cameron was one of the worst performing post-war prime ministers; nearly 90 per cent of those polled cited the EU referendum as Cameron’s greatest failure. Professor Theakston said: “For all his achievements as a successful coalition prime minister, David Cameron’s reputation and place in history seems destined to be defined by Brexit and his calling and losing the referendum.”